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The US SEC has mysteriously deleted Hinman’s biography from its website ahead of the court’s imminent order to disclose unredacted emails from Hinman’s communications. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) erased the biography of former commissioner William Hinman from its website eight days before the court demanded the financial watchdog to provide unedited copies of all of Hinman’s emails in its case against Ripple Labs. Before now, the SEC’s website contained...

The CFTC has officially given Cboe Digital the approval it needs to offer margined futures contracts trading to clients. Cboe Global Markets’ digital asset exchange has received approval to allow users to trade crypto futures contracts. Customers of the Cboe Digital platform will now trade Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts later this year following the CFTC’s approval for an amended order of registration. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) gave Cboe Digital...

After SEC’s action on Binance, Bitcoin and the broader crypto market tanked instantly. Altcoins face heavy correction to the tune of 7-8% with Binance BNB suffering the most. The filing of the lawsuit by the US SEC against crypto giant Binance sent shockwaves across the entire cryptocurrency market on Monday, June 5. Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader cryptocurrency market have corrected by over 4%. As of press time, the Bitcoin (BTC) price is down by 4% and is...

The company cited the challenging environment as a reason behind its headcount cut. Amid crypto winter and uncertain market conditions, companies continue to employ cost-cutting measures that often include layoffs. Digital asset management firm Arca is one the latest on the list of those currently in the middle of staff downsizing. Arca has reduced its headcount by as much as 30% (currently, it has only 66 employees in total), explaining the decision to lay off a third of its staff in a...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up ADA price is gaining bearish momentum below the $0.365 support zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $0.355 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $0.364 on the 4-hour chart (data feed via Coinbase). The price could...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Ethereum price is gaining bearish momentum below the $1,850 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading below $1,840 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $1,860 on the 4-hour chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could...

On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pressed a slew of charges against Binance, marking one of the agency’s most significant enforcement actions against the crypto industry in history.  Let’s have a look at the regulator’s most stunning allegations against the exchange, alongside Binance’s response to its claims.  What Did Binance Do? The 136-page filing accused Binance and Binance US of partaking in “unregistered offers and sales” of crypto asset...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) has agreed to return the $550,000 donations it received from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX last year. The donations were made by West Realm Shires Services, an affiliated entity of FTX responsible for overseeing the operations of FTX.US, the American division of the company. The firm donated around $300,000 to the museum in March 2022 and another $250,000 in May before FTX encountered a liquidity crisis in November, leading to its...

Ethereum gas fees spiked to their highest level since 2022 following May’s memecoin comeback championed by the emergence of “Pepe the frog” themed altcoin, PEPE. This trend, however, appears to have slowed down amidst a waning interest in PEPE despite transforming several investors into overnight millionaires. According to new data by on-chain analytic firm IntoTheBlock, the total Ethereum transaction fees declined by more than 16% this week alone. Total Ethereum transaction...

An El Salvador-based Bitcoin firm has begun the first phase of a planned $1 billion investment into sustainably powered digital asset mining in the country. The firm behind the project, “Volcano Energy,” said in a press release that its chief goal is to “position El Salvador as a prominent global player in the Bitcoin mining industry.” A Special Anniversary Announcement Volcano Energy’s announcement comes exactly two years after El Salvador President Nayib Bukele revealed...